This one seems long overdue. People make all kinds of assumptions about what does and doesn’t happen in the rain, but I’ve never seen anyone test them — until now. At the end of the article, you’ll find a handy chart which summarizes the findings for easy reference.
This is all outside of my expertise, and so at the beginning and end of the article you’ll find references to news and places to learn more about how your brain works.
Like so many of my ideas, talk and fear of the Rookie Wall was all over the forum at FantasySharks.com, and it seemed like an important trend to find if it exists. Turns out it does!
This was the last week for the Notable Numbers segment, as I decided to switch gears and concentrate on analysis. Specifically, Who Sharks are Starting.
Just in time for your draft, two of the league’s top wideouts go and get themselves suspended. Read on to see what this sort of set back means for your draft board.
A follow-up to Opportunity Knocks, here’s advice you can use based on the lessons learned about rookie opportunity and performance.
Okay Offense + Bad Defense ?= Good Fantasy Offense? Think again. The NFL just doesn’t work that way, but thankfully I have an alternative.
Is the Runningback Committee really on the rise, or are there just more doom-sayers who don’t know what they’re talking about? Is Mike Shanahan the Sith Lord of the NFL? Read on to find out just what has been going on in NFL backfields over the years, and whether Marion Barber, Willie Parker, Selvin Young, and others should be worried.
Every year a handful of runningbacks make the rookie jump into the NFL or to another team to make a big splash. In this editing of the Stat Lab, we see that success comes down to opportunity, and just who might be in the right position to deliver great value at low draft prices.
If you’re like me, you’ve just watched the annual event in Fantasy Football that I can only describe as Le Grande Suckstravaganza, otherwise known as Week 1. Maybe they’re a bit rusty, maybe they’re still working off that Chunky soup Michael Strahan and Donovan McNabb’s Mom are always pushing, or maybe that little green dot is throwing off a few quarterbacks’ balance – Who knows. Here I’ll show you a few ways the opening week in the NFL is just plain odd to help put some things in perspective, and maybe keep a few of you from a trade, waiver, or lineup move you might regret.